Category: Events

October 13th, 2017: [ October 13, 2017; October 14, 2017; October 15, 2017; October 16, 2017; October 17, 2017; October 25, 2017; 12:00 am; ] “Kwel’Hoy, We Draw the Line!” Totem Pole Journey 2017: 10/13 Vancouver, BC; 10/14 Seattle, WA; 10/15 Tacoma, WA; 10/16 Vancouver, WA; 10/17 Portland, OR; and 10/25 Pittsburgh, PA. The Lummi Nation will travel across the western United States and Canada with a totem pole to bring attention to proposed fossil fuel terminals, pipelines, and other facilities and the threats they pose to the air, water, and safety of their communities and the way of life of Native peoples.

A new report from the Stockholm Environment Institute on a controversial fracked gas-to-methanol refinery proposed in Washington state confirms McKibben’s assertion: the Kalama methanol refinery will not help us achieve a low-carbon future or meet the goals in the Paris Climate Accords. According to the report, approving the Kalama methanol refinery “would not appear to be consistent with globally agreed climate goals of keeping warming at less than 2 degrees Celsius.”

Critical public comment period to convince Governor Inslee, and state and local officials, to stop the Kalama methanol refinery and the Kalama Lateral pipeline. The refinery would use more natural gas than all other industry in Washington combined. If we stop this project, we can protect our climate and river communities from decades of fracked gas pollution.